Re: How do you set up GNUNet on GNU Guix?

[t3sserakt]

On 08.09.22 23:44, Willo Liquorice wrote:

> As I recall, there is a random peer sampling service (RPS) that could be 
> used to implement onion routing over GNUnet, but it hasn't seen much 
> development beyond that.
>

The purpose of RPS is something different [1].

As maxim already assumed it needs be a layer on top of CADET.

> Development priorities currently lie with rewriting the transport 
> subsystem, codifying Living Standards Documents for various components, 
> and concrete applications like the Taler micropayment system and 
> re:ClaimID decentralised identity directory.
>
> That's my knowledge of the situation, anyway.
>     
    What might also be noteworthy is a second reference implementation
    of GNS in Go.
> 	- Willow
>
> On 08/09/2022 22:44, Maxime Devos wrote:
> > On 08-09-2022 15:34, Jacob Hrbek wrote:
> >
> > > I am trying to set up an alternative to tor on GNU Guix where 
> > > following the docs gets me:
> > >
> > >         
> > GNUnet is not an alternative to Tor. Perhaps a Tor-like something could 
> > be built on top of GNUnet (maybe with CADET?) with some time and effort, 
> > but AFAICT nobody has built an anonymising (and properly anonymising, 
> > like Tor) P2P proxy thing on top of GNUnet yet.
> >       
>

You are correct. Must be implemented on top of CADET.

But this does not mean there is no anonymization in GNUnet at all.

The file share service is designed to provide anonymous file-sharing, and even the routing via CADET is anonymous in the sense that only the nodes doing the routing gain information about the communication peers.

> > > $ chromium --proxy-server="socks5://127.0.0.1:7777" test.gnu
> > > <returns 404>
> > >
> > >         
> >       
>

Did you follow this

https://www.gnunet.org/en/use.html#gns_browser

how to? This one I tried once in the past, but I am not sure if this is still valid documentation. There is more actual information here

https://docs.gnunet.org/users/gns.html#integration-with-browsers-dns2gns-service

and

here

https://docs.gnunet.org/users/gns.html#integration-with-browsers-socks-proxy

But others on the mailing list are better suited to answer questions about GNS.

> > > Btw. the matrix channel for gnunet sucks they don't know how it works 
> > > and just sent me on the mailing list
> > >         
> > Sounds like a good course of action to me -- sometimes on IRC (or 
> > Matrix), the people currently logged in did not have an answer, so they 
> > redirected you to a source that might have one. Additionally, I must 
> > recommend against insulting them (‘matrix channel suck, they don't 
> > know’), it makes people disinclined to help you further.
> >       
>

In fact, my intention was to help quickly despite the fact that I did not have time at that moment. The Matrix channel is not administered by the GNUnet project, we cannot give any indication of the official communication channel in the channel description. There happen to be people in the Matrix channel who can help. However, since they may not have the time for detailed help, or may not be familiar with a specific part of GNUnet, the best place to start is the mailing list. Also, please remember that GNUnet is a large project with limited resources, and that help in improving the documentation is always welcome.

Happy Hacking!

t3sserakt

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